Essays on Human Rights

This paper will focus on gender equality among men and women since it’s a useful social aspect that affects the entire community. Three ethical theories which are utilitarianism, feminine and virtue ethics will be used in these paper to explain more about gender equality. The feminine theory explains the ethical...

Human rights violation is an issue that raises concerts and public concern in any nation and the issue can be aggravated where the victims involved are innocent children. Since 2014 the government started an offshore processing facility in Nauru which is an offshore immigrant processing facility located south of the...

The first four episodes of The Last Defense examine the criminal case established against Darlie Routier. The first episode depicts how a housewife in Dallas was sentenced to death for the malicious homicide of her two sons. Routier’s husband narrates the events as they unfolded from his perspective. The second...

Every day, every person gets a different opinion and attitudes towards the world around them. Our opinions about ideas, opinions, events, people or objects contribute in a great way in the way we live and socialize with each other. It is essential to learn about the different types of attitude...

The aviation industry and gender inequality The aviation industry has been around since the year 1903, and it has been a source of employment to many people both male and female. The inescapable fact is that there are roles that have been held by men only such as pilot and others...

I chose to write on gender inequality in workplaces since it was a pressing issue in my previous working place. It was superficial that women were discriminated in workplaces which makes them feel sort of lesser human beings. Despite the constitution’s laws instituted for protection against gender inequality, there has...

Very few people accept to be associated with the wrongdoers, in fact, most of them avoid associating with suspected wrongdoers even before they are convicted of their crimes. Jeffrey Toobin in The Legacy of Lynching, on Death Row attempts to give an account of a 20-year-old Black American lawyer, Stevenson,...

The Scottsboro Boys case of 1931 involves nine black gentlemen who were falsely accused of raping two white ladies in a freight train in Northeast of Alabama. Except for Roy Wright who was among them, other boys were accused of this crime without adequate evidence and later charged and sentenced...

According to the article, “Colorism within the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)” by Marybeth Gasman and Ufuoma Abiola, colorism is termed as a form of discrimination that is primarily based on skin tone, whereby, lighter skinned blacks are privilege while on the other hand, dark-skinned blacks are penalized (Gasman,...

Martin Luther King Junior was the most inspirational orator, preacher and thinker America has ever had. All of his writings have been analyzed to study the potential of rhetoric. His rhetoric in the two writings suit the audience in several ways. The tone of King’s writings inspired numerous activists to...

Introduction “The Letter from a Birmingham Jail” by Martin Luther King Jr. was mainly written as a response to the Birmingham clergymen who published an open letter vehemently challenging and criticizing the actions of Martin Luther King and The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). However, when one further scrutinizes the contents...

There have been many cases of prejudice in our society and around the world. Similarly, there are varied causes and consequences of prejudice. There are many people who have been affected by prejudice across the world. Prejudice mainly arises as result of premature judgment and attitude that people have towards...